This Recommendation is part of the DSS 2 family of Recommendations. It specifies the revision of the Broadband bearer capability information element coding from that which was specified in the first edition of Recommendation Q.2931 (1995) in order to enable the identification of the ATM transfer capability as defined in the second edition of Recommendation I.371 (1996). This Recommendation is designed, in addition, to be compatible with implementations conforming to the first edition of ITU-T Recommendation I.371 (1993) and Recommendation Q.2931 (1995).